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Natatorium Park, opened in 1890 along the Spokane River, blended baseball, swimming, thrill rides, and entertainment into a Pacific Northwest landmark for nearly eight decades.
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Cornelius McGillicuddy Part II – Great Northern Railroad Man, Stockbroker, Home Builder, and Apartment Developer
Part II is a continuation of a tribute to Cornelius that covers his entrepreneurial endeavors as a Stockbroker, Home Builder, Apartment Developer in addition to the Great Northern and his later years…
Read MoreCornelius McGillicuddy Part I – Immigration, Homesteading, Early Spokane, WWI, and the Great Northern Railroad
Part I traces the immigration and homesteading of Cornelius’ parents and family and his World War I and Great Northern Railroad early years
Read MoreRemembering the Tiffany’s Skate Inns of Spokane, Kent, and Puyallup – Roller Rinks of a Bygone Era
The primary focus of the article is on the Spokane Tiffany’s Skate Inn and includes the other two grand Tiffany’s rinks in Kent and Puyallup…
Read MoreSpokane Shined as Host of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships 2007 and 2010 and the 2002 Skate America Competition
Spokane had what it took to successfully host three major ice skating competitions in a relative short amount of time. Those successes have cemented its…
Read MoreAn Overview of Selected Sky Slides from the Past
From the early wooden slides of the 1900s to the more modern fiberglass ones of the late 1960s and 1970s, Sky Slides carved out a…
Read MoreRoller Skating History of the Cook’s and Pattison’s Rinks in Spokane
The focus of this article is on the evolution of one roller skating rink in Spokane first run by Silas Cook and then by Evelyn and Pat Pattison…
Read MoreThe Shadle Park Water Tank – A Distinctive Historical Landmark
If ever there was a symbol for Shadle Park and the surrounding northside of Spokane, it is the green and gold massive steel water tank….
Read MoreFrom Ypsilanti to Spokane by Way of Chengdu
Harold Morgan
Proud Spokane WWII U.S. Army Air Forces Veteran
This article is a tribute to Charles H. (Harold) Morgan, who was my neighbor. He proudly served in the United States Army Air Forces in…
Read MoreSpokane’s White Elephant Stores — Just for Fun for 74 Years
Spokane was privileged to have two White Elephant stores which sold items that brought joy to so many people in the community. Driving down either…
Read MoreRemembering the Standard Stock Exchange and the Spokane Stock Exchange
The Spokane Stock Exchange was established in 1896 and convened its first trading session in a storeroom next to the Trader’s National Bank on January…
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